Jason Islas
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Jason Islas is the editor of Santa Monica Next and the director of the Vote Local Campaign. Before joining Next in May 2014, Jason had covered land use, transit, politics and breaking news for The Lookout, the city’s oldest news website, since February 2011.
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Santa Monica Lawmaker Takes Aim at California’s Housing Shortage
California State Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) has set his sights on tackling the dire shortage of homes—and the resulting affordability crisis—currently facing the...
Will You Join Us to Celebrate Our Shared Streets Champions?
Don't forget that this month, Santa Monica Next, Streetsblog L.A., and Streetsblog California will be celebrating several 2015 Streetsie Award winners with a party in Santa Monica.Assemblymember...
Santa Monica Loses Another Opportunity for Much-Needed Housing Growth
Santa Monica has a housing problem: there’s not enough of it. The city’s population has seen a net increase of less than 10,000 people...
No-Growth Ballot Initiative Goes “Too Far,” Say Santa Monica City Councilmembers
The conservative no-growth group, Residocracy, has begun gathering signatures to put an initiative on the November ballot that would require nearly all new projects...
Coming Up: Join Us to Celebrate Assemblymember Richard Bloom, Cyclehop, and Hulu
If you haven't already, get your ticket today to join us in celebrating the good work accomplished by Assemblymember Richard Bloom, Cyclehop, and Hulu.The...
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Transit Advocates Open Second Front in Fight to Reverse Newsom’s CARB Climate Funding Cuts
California transit, housing, and environmental advocates are escalating their...
Kool Happenings: The Not-So-Secret Police and Clockwork Orange for Musk and Kennedy
Historian and futurist, Nils Gilman, wrote a piece earlier...
‘Flock Off’: Mass Surveillance Surge Jeopardizes Lifesaving Crash Reduction Strategy
Give them liberty … and give us death.A forthcoming...
OPA Update 7/30/26: Unpermitted Turf @ Ocean Park School, Festival of Chariots Parade, & Other Things To Do This Weekend
MAIN STREET WILL BE CLOSED TO VEHICLES SUNDAY AM...

